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Wine and Social Media

Its What We Have Been Waiting For

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Metrics at a Glance

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US Wine Market
Market Growth Rate v. Core Inflation
20 15

10

Market Incr % core inflation %

19 9

19 9

19 9

19 9

19 9

19 9

19 9

19 9

19 9

20 0

20 0

20 0

20 0

20 0

20 0

20 0

20 0

20 0

-5

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20 0

20 1

US Wine Market
Total Market (USD B)
$35.0 $30.0 $25.0 $20.0 $15.0 $10.0 $5.0 $0.0

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Source: Gomberg-Fredrikson & Associates and Wine Institute

US Wine Market
The Fine Details

California wine accounted for 61% of entire US wine sales ($30 B)*
California accounted for 90% of all US domestic wines produced* Per capita wine consumption US 5 liter* Imagine an increase of .5 liter to 1.0 liter

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Source: *Gomberg-Fredrikson & Associates and Wine Institute # Nightly Business Report PBS

Wine: An Ocean of Opportunity


Wine Consumers More choice Wine regions Varietals Blends

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Wine: Ocean of Opportunity


More messages
Retailers Traditional Wine Authorities Well known wine personalities: Jancis Robinson, Robert Parker Social media personalities: Gary Varneychuck Traditional Media Wine content providers Wall Street Journal, Wine Spectator, Syndicated media and broadcast programming New Media content providers Social Media Twitter, Facebook, YouTube d. Bloggers e. Virtual tastings f. Apps (Apple, Android) g. Wine sites - Snooth, Wine Enthusiast

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Wine: Ocean of Opportunity


More activation

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A wine culture being born More wine bars Better wine list Greater wine assortments Experimentation Increased Wine events Self-organized wine tastings Consumer preferences and demands being heard Consumers are more willing to try new varietals and regions.

Wine: Ocean of Opportunity


More Marketing Efforts
Established wine regions Wines of Chile Wines of Spain Wines of Portugal Austria Uncorked Wine clubs Advertising Couponing
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Wine: Ocean of Opportunity


Wine Prescribors Whos talking
Everyone is talking online about wine Twitter, Facebook, YouTube Wine curious individuals Wine enthusiasts Wine bloggers Wine producers Wine marketing trade organizations PR firms Well known personalities Wine media sites

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Wine and social media

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Wine: Ocean of Opportunity


The Social Media Quad Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Blog Leverage your site Utilize, Engage and be ACTIVE Create and execute a social media campaign Lessons Learned Murphy Goode A Really Goode Job campaign Cooperative v. Competitive Social Media Community engagement Social Media Campaign Captivate, Engagement, Cooperation James Melndez
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Mainline Social Media


Social Media Type Feature 140 Character Update Video Photo Status Update Relationship Follower Following Friend

Twitter

Open

Facebook

Semi-open

YouTube
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Open

Video

Friend Family Subscriber Subscription Friend

Twitter Study

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My Twitter Study
Methodology
Examined last 5,000 followers / followings, friends Reviewed national affiliation State / province affiliation City affiliation Number of followers, following; average followers, following Number of tweets, average number of tweets Reviewed user for their wine, food or overall wine lifestyle identification

Source: James Melendez, James the Wine Guy 2011 Twitter Study

Twitter Connectedness
Nation
Average Follower / Following Rate
Followers AVG 5000 4500 4000 3500 3000 2500 2000 1500 1000 500 0
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Following AVG

Tweets AVG

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Twitter Connectedness
Nation
Average Follower / Following Rate
US Australia UK Canada Italia Espana New Zealand France South Africa Argentina Chile Mexico Germany India

1 2
Ring 1 - Twitter Study Ring 2 - Sysomos

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Twitter Connectedness
US State
Average Follower / Following Rate
Following
4500 4000 3500 3000 2500 2000 1500 1000 500 0
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Followers

Tweets

IL

TX

NY

FL

CA

OR

WA

PA

MA

VA

Twitter Connectedness
US States
Follower / Following / Tweet Ratio
Following & Follower Ratio Tweets Ratio

0.30

0.25

0.20

0.15

0.10

0.05

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CA

OR

CO

NY

NV

IL

TX

AZ

Twitter Connectedness
City
Average Follower / Following Rate
Following Followers Tweets

4500 4000 3500 3000 2500 2000 1500 1000 500 0

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Rioja, Today and Tomorrow

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Rioja, First and Foremost


A vision
Top of mind An enduring wine region that fully executes wines of excellence and equally matches to the promise of the social media frontier A heritage wine region that every one must taste

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